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Open Access at Digifest 2014 (UCL)
1. Open Access 101: The future of
research publication?
Joe McArthur - @Mcarthur_Joe
Assistant Director, Right to Research Coalition
Co-founder and Co-Lead of the Open Access Button
2. Launched in Summer 2009.
Built around the Student Statement
on the Right to Research: access to
research is a student right
International alliance of 77 graduate &
undergraduate student organizations,
representing nearly 7 million students
We Educate + Advocate for Open Access
7. Average journal price in Chemistry:
Biology
= $2,520
Geography
= $1,308
Physics
= $3,870
= $4,215
Source: Library Journal 2014 Periodicals Pricing Survey
“Steps Down the Evolutionary Road | Periodicals Price Survey 2014,” by Stephen Bosch and Kittie Henderson. Library Journal,
April 11, 2014: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/04/publishing/steps-down-the-evolutionary-road-periodicals-price-survey-2014/#_
8. 425%
375%
325%
275%
225%
175%
125%
75%
25%
-25%
Graph 2
Monograph and Serial Costs
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2011* Serial
1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010
% Change Since 1986
Source: ARL Statistics 2010-11 Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.
www.righttoresearch.org
*Includes electronic resources from 1999-2000 onward.
Expenditures
(+402%)
Monograph
Expenditures
(+71%)
Monographs
Purchased
(10%)
9. New uk data. 50% increase in 5 years
www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org
10. Publishing obscure academic journals is
that rare thing in the media industry:
“a license to print money.”
The Economist, “Open Sesame,” April 14, 2012: http://www.economist.com/node/21552574
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17. Is there a reason
publishing should be
this expensive?
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18. 1914
Yes
2014
No
Left: Image courtesy of Moyan Brenn - http://bit.ly/1veyL61 Right: Image courtesy of Nick Perla - http://bit.ly/1tAXRc5
19. 80%
of research is
publicly
funded
1 Academic Publishing: Survey of funders supports the benign Open Access outcome priced into shares,
HSBC Global Research, February 11, 2013:
https://www.research.hsbc.com/midas/Res/RDV?ao=20&key=RxArFbnG1P&n=360010.PDF
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20. Shouldn’t our publishing system
what we entrust to distribute the
knowledge we work so hard to create
share our values?
www.righttoresearch.org
21. Shouldn’t our publishing system
what we entrust to distribute the
knowledge we work so hard to create
meet our needs?
www.righttoresearch.org
22. Free, immediate online access
to scientific & scholarly articles
with full reuse rights
As defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative
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23. What Open Access isn’t:
• Low quality publication
• Publication without peer review
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26. www.righttoresearch.org
168x faster
26,667x cheaper
400x more sensitive
100x more selective
Current test (ELISA):
$800, high false positives
Jack’s test:
$.03, >99% accuracy, 5 min
27. “I used [free, online articles] religiously. Just
because, in most online databases, articles cost
about $35, and there are only about 10 pages…
My research should serve as a testament to free
online research (...) It was hard to get what I needed
without the costs. People should take note and
because of this project, we should make a move
toward more inexpensive or free online research.”
- Jack Andraka
Interview with Vancouver Observer
www.vancouverobserver.com/world/how-aaron-swartz-paved-way-jack-andrakas-revolutionary-cancer-test
28. We need more
Jack Andrakas
www.righttoresearch.org
29. Two paths to Open Access
Self-archiving
Open Access
www.righttoresearch.org
Journals
30. 1. Publish in an open-access journal
www.righttoresearch.org
X >10000
31. 1. Publish in an open-access journal
$ or $
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32. 2. Publish (almost) anywhere,
deposit into an open-access repository
www.righttoresearch.org
X 2,000
Use the SPARC Author Addendum to help!
www.sparc.arl.org/resources/authors/addendum
42. i) confirms the importance of students having access to
research journals and articles as part of their training;
ii) notes the high cost to institutions and individuals when
accessing scholarly literature;
iii) proposes that this could hinder medical students in their
development as ‘The Doctor as the Scientist’ as well as
developing an evidence based clinical approach;
iv) welcomes and endorses the Right To Research Coalition’s
statement on Open Access to research literature.
www.righttoresearch.org
June 25, 2012
43.
44. My talk is over, but this isn’t
Lack of access is not a problem that only affects
one country, one continent,
or one field of study.
This is the generation to change that.
We need your help.
www.righttoresearch.org
45. easy things to do
www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org
46. Mark
your
Calendars
bit.ly/OpenConL
ondon
www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org
49. Thank you!
Joe@righttoresearch.org + @R2RC or @Mcarthur_Joe
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Editor's Notes
1. Talk about the Scholarly publishing system. 2. Go over what Open Access is, and why it’s so great. 3. Talk about what you can do can do as students, and what others have done.
This is a feeling we’re all familiar with.
For me, when I used to hit paywalls I just thought they were a fact of life. I never stopped to think what was going on behind the paywall, and very few people know or will ever tell you. So that’s what I’m going to do now.
End with explaining that the systems works because everyone wants to get published. That means they can essentially charge a monopoly.
This creates very high prices for journals… here are some averages
So to re-cap, the reason you feel this is because of lalalala.
But you’re not alone. Thousands of others feel the same way, across the world.
These are someone the stories. Patients, Clinicians, Academics, Students, Librarians and teachers, all denied access to the research they need because of an archaic scholarly publishing system that is not fit for purpose.
And it’s lead to and underground, culture of sharing research articles online. This is often illegal, and while many of us get away with it, some done.
4-8 years, 26 years old, studies biodiversity, at a small university, used to save up to make trips to a nearby city where he could access work.
That is the human cost of putting a price tag on research, one of mankinds most fantastic assets. So we have to ask if there is a reason it’s so expense?
If I was giving this talk in 1914, which would’ve been difficult since I’m relatively sure powerpoint didn’t exist… yes.
Science, scholarship and all research is a about sharing and having impact. It’s unique in that scholars share their work, one of the most high quality works in the world, for impact, not for money and have their salaries paid in other ways. About involving people for the quality of their ideas – not whether they can pay.
Talk about the need for computers to help.
We need a change, and one of those changes is Open Access.
It looks a bit like this. This, consequently is also the feeling I felt when anything went well in the lab
He was right to be pleased. The test he developed was…
Make point about serendipity
Mention the percentages
Students have been key to making this movement happen, in how they publish and in their advocacy.
In fact, they’ve done well over 1,000 meetings with Congressional offices since we’ve started working with them
And they’re in DC right now braving the now to meet with Congressional offices today and tomorrow
- Students helped convert the directive into action.
- Students engaging scholarly societies
That’s why most of you are hear today. To learn how to become more open researchers, publish effectively, manage your data, measure your impact in a modern age. All key skills for your generation going forwards.
